The United States has built dams all over the country. These dams provide water to much-needed communities, supply power to massive cities, and give recreational access to adventurous Americans.
I’m not a huge fan of all the damn dams in this country. I understand their importance. I really do. BUT! Some of them have destroyed natural habitats. Wiped out entire town –that we’re probably dying anyway, but still. And have caused damage upon failure.
Yea, yea, we have to weigh the good and the bad. Dams are here to stay, mostly.
Colorado’s Lawn Lake Damn + Its Damaging Demise
High in the Colorado mountains, in what is now the Rocky Mountain National Park lies a manmade lake known as Lawn Lake. At 11,000 feet, Lawn Lake was created in 1903 from an earthfill dam to provide farmers in Loveland with much-needed irrigation water…